Treating Nerve Pain After Shingles

... What Is Shingles? Shingles and HIV How Is It Transmitted? How Is Shingles Treated? Can Shingles Be Prevented? The Bottom Line What Is Shingles? Shingles is a very painful disease caused by the same herpes virus that causes chicken

Hello There, Doctor.I have developed a case of shingles since 7 days ago with the typical burning sensation, etc.. I got the skin lesions on my left arm and my Dr. prescribed 1 mg of acyclovir twice daily and cream on the lesions. My last labs...

...now for you. If you stick to the regimen, you will have a fabulous response.4. We cannot predict who will develop pain after shingles (often referred to as post-herpetic neuralgia), nor can we predict who will have continued pain or not. The pain...
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Dear Drs, Thanks for the wisdom which shines through your advice. I was infected in November 2002, and in mid Jan this year had T Cells 851, 37 and VL just detectable (around 750 copies on Roche 1.5). I've been feeling great until last week when out...

You don't mention what HIV meds you are taking (some drugs more likely to cause it than others). The symptoms your describe sound somewhat unusual for standard HIV-drug related neuropathy. I would discuss with your HIV specialist and have him/her...
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Dear Drs,Thanks for the wisdom which shines through your advice. I was infected in November 2002, and in mid Jan this year had T Cells 851, 37 and VL just detectable (around 750 copies on Roche 1.5). I've been feeling great until last week when...

It is hard to say what these symptoms mean. It is very unusual (but not impossible) for HIV to produce neurologic symptoms with such a low viral load. It sounds like you have some kind of neuralgia or neuritis. Symptoms like you describe often...
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... The Bottom Line What Is Herpes? Herpes simplex refers to a group of viruses that infect humans. Like herpes zoster (shingles, see Fact Sheet 509 ), herpes simplex causes painful skin eruptions. Itching and tingling are usually the first...
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...drugsused to treat diabetic PN disease can be helpful for HIV PN. Recently, two newdrugs were approved for the treatment of diabetic nerve pain. Lyrica -- An anticonvulsant that has been shown to provide pain relief indiabetes PN. There is...
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...the injections were given have been reported. Use of the needle-free device to deliver enfuvirtide has been associated with nerve pain lasting up to 6 months near where large nerves course through the skin, bruising, and internal bleeding....
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help!!! i had shingle few weeks ago but it seems recovered,however,i today felt that i have the same symptom of developing shingle the other side of my body!!! will this happen this way? anyone had this situation before? please~~~~i'm so...
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...Hi there. I had chicken pox at 5 years old so can develop shingles. I haven't been to the doctor yet but have what I am pretty sure is shingles on the side of my chest (a pink rash which is itchy
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